About a year ago, a friend and co-worker and her husband adopted two male orange tabby kittens – one a classic tabby, the other a mackerel tabby. They named them Jake and Ellwood, after the Blues Brothers. For my friend’s birthday, I made her a wallhanging of Jake and Ellwood. You can tell who’s who by the initials on their tags.

I work with a wonderful person named Anna. I call her Anna Banana, and she calls me Claire Pear (a name I resemble far more than I’d like to). I decided to make Anna a little banana quilt for her birthday. It’s 4″ by 6.5″.

My latest trade project is for the Yahoo group Art4Mail. Flat dolls are just what they sound like: they’re flat – like paper dolls – except these are made of fabric. I used faux suede for the eyes, noses, ears, and stripes.